FORFAR DAY CARE CENTRE

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SC239605 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 2002-11-14
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Social work activities without accommodation for the elderly and disabled
Sector: Human health & social work
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 86-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 86). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (69/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
11 officers (5 active, 11 linked, 5 with DOB)
79
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
64 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees10001000

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (33 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-12-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-12-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2020-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2019-11-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2018-12-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-10-02
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2017-11-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2016-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2015-12-09
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    annual-return · AR01
  13. 2015-07-22
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2014-11-18
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-no-member-list
    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2014-08-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2014-03-19
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    STEWART, Verna Jennifer appointed
    director
  17. 2014-02-28
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    KNIGHT, Deirdre Helen resigned
    director
  18. 2011-09-15
    ➕
    ROSS, Elizabeth Harvey appointed
    director
  19. 2011-09-12
    ➕
    WELSH, Kathleen Ann appointed
    secretary
  20. 2011-09-12
    ➖
    LEAN, Hamish resigned
    secretary
  21. 2005-04-27
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    LEAN, Hamish appointed
    secretary
  22. 2005-04-27
    ➖
    WELSH, Kathleen Ann resigned
    secretary
  23. 2003-01-08
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    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2003-01-08
    ➖
    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  25. 2003-01-08
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  26. 2002-11-14
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    Company incorporated
    As FORFAR DAY CARE CENTRE
  27. 2002-11-14
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    DRUMMOND, Alexander John appointed
    director
  28. 2002-11-14
    ➕
    MCLEOD, William George Grimmond appointed
    director
  29. 2002-11-14
    ➕
    WELSH, Kathleen Ann appointed
    secretary
  30. 2002-11-14
    ➕
    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  31. 2002-11-14
    ➕
    KNIGHT, Deirdre Helen appointed
    director
  32. 2002-11-14
    ➕
    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  33. 2002-11-14
    ➕
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

65/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 86 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 86 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
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Company details

Statusactive
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption
Incorporated2002-11-14
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC88100 — Social work activities without accommodation for the elderly and disabled

Registered office

Lour Road
Forfar
DD8 2BB

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-28
Last: 2025-11-14

Officers (5 active · 6 resigned)

WELSH, Kathleen Ann→
secretary · appointed 2011-09-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DRUMMOND, Alexander John→
director · ~61y · appointed 2002-11-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MCLEOD, William George Grimmond→
director · ~86y · appointed 2002-11-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ROSS, Elizabeth Harvey→
director · ~83y · appointed 2011-09-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
STEWART, Verna Jennifer→
director · ~64y · appointed 2014-03-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LEAN, Hamish→
secretary · appointed 2005-04-27 · resigned 2011-09-12
Resigned
WELSH, Kathleen Ann→
secretary · appointed 2002-11-14 · resigned 2005-04-27
Resigned
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-11-14 · resigned 2003-01-08
Resigned
KNIGHT, Deirdre Helen→
director · ~98y · appointed 2002-11-14 · resigned 2014-02-28
Resigned
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-11-14 · resigned 2003-01-08
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-11-14 · resigned 2003-01-08
Resigned

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Recent filings (64 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-11-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-11-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-12-17